한국형 PRT 시작차량 사양선정 및 설계

초록

The Personal Rapid Transit(PRT) systems have recently attracted attention in future transportation developments both domestically and internationally due to increasing needs for eco-friendly transportation systems with high accessibility and demand-responsive transport capability. The PRT system can be simply characterized as a new transportation system operating without specific operational schedule and route. Accordingly, this system is capable of providing non-stop transport services to go to the desired destination on a road network having multiple loops. Currently, two PRT systems have been operated on pilot basis in the overseas(e.g., Heathrow airport in UK, Masdar City in UAE). In this study, the target specifications and system configuration of the Korean PRT vehicle are introduced and its potential to offer an alternative transport concept for extended application is also discussed.